Cristian Chironi is a multidisciplinary artist who lives between Mexico City and Italy. He uses different mediums including performance, photography, video, architecture, design, often creating some kind of interaction between them. He has worked on site specific performances and installations, always trying to involve the context, be it human (public) or environmental (space). Currently he lives and works in the homes of great architects around the world, such as Le Corbusier, P. Jeannerret, A. Bustillo, T. Ando, using inhabiting as an artistic language. He travels aboard a FIAT 127 Special, renamed Chameleon for its ability to change colour.
upcoming exhibitions
Ivrea (Olivetti) Drive, Ivrea, 20-22 Ottobre 2023
Inhabiting is a language, MAN – Museum of art of the Province of Nuoro, November 24 – February 25, 2024
Among his solo exhibitions: MAC Museum of Contemporary Art Lissone; Morton Street Partners Manhattan New York; Italian Cultural Institute Montreal Canada; Villa Jeanneret-Perret La Chaux-de-Fonds; Museion – Piccolo Museion Bolzano; MANIFESTA13 Les Parallles du Sud Unitè d’Habitation Marseille; Apt. 258 Unitè d’Habitation Berlin; Casa Victoria Ocampo Bienalsur – Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporanéo de América del Sur Buenos Aires; Museo Nivola Orani; Pierre Jeanneret Museum Chandigarh; 16a Quadriennale Rome Palazzo delle Esposizioni; Appartement 50 – Unité d’Habitation Marseille; Studio-Apartment by Le Corbusier Paris; Padiglione Esprit Nouveau Bologna; MAN Museo d’Arte Nuoro
Among the special projects: Museo di Palazzo Pretorio Prato; Magazzino Italia Art Cold Spring; Musée des beaux-arts La Chaux-de-Fonds; Musée historique et des porcelaines Nyon.
Among his group exhibitions: Careof La Fabbrica del Vapore Milan; Villa d’Este Tivoli; MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna; Italian Cultural Institute Tokyo Japan; Pinacoteca Provinciale di Potenza; Soprintendenza archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio Verona; MAN Museo d’Arte Nuoro; Casa Italia PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics South Korea; Casa Wabi Puerto Escondido; Istituto Italiano di Cultura Bruxelles; Studio La Città Verona; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce Genova; Kunstmuseum Thun; P420 Gallery; Flux Factory New York; Macro Pelanda Rome; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka; Museo delle Arti di Catanzaro; Tina-B Contemporary Art Prague; Tongji University Expo 2010 Shanghai; Tokyo University of the Arts Competition Yokohama; Villa Reale Monza; Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul; neon> campo base Bologna; GC.AC.; Prague Biennal Art 4; Musei Civici Imola.
Among his performances: Teatro Grande Brescia; Magazzino Italia Art Cold Spring; Centre de Culture ABC and FAR La Chaux-de-Fonds; Museion Bolzano; MANIFESTA13 Les Parallles du Sud Marseille; Triennale Milano Performing Arts; CND – Centre National de la Dance Pantin; Festival Santarcangelo di Romagna; Ambasciata Italiana Berlin; Fondation Suisse Paris; Netwerk Aalst; MUU Gallery Helsinki; LE FAR° Festival des arts vivants Nyon; Kaai Studio’s Brussel; Museo Madre Napoli; Fondation Cartier Paris; Les urbaines – Festival des créations émergentes Lausanne; Trama Fundacao Serralves Porto; Espace Malraux Chambéry de la Savoie; Akis Davis Theatre Atene; Muffatwerk Munchen; Mousonturm Frankfurt; Xing Raum Bologna.
Among the curatorial projects: Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli Turin.
Among the conferences and presentations: Museion Bolzano with Jean-Louis Cohen; International Cultural Center New Delhi; Facultad de Arquiectura y Urbanismo Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Gibney Dance New York; CRAC Alsace Altkirch.
Among the collections: Magazzino Italian Art; MAMbo Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna; MAN Museo d’Arte Nuoro; Pierre Jeanneret Museum Chandigarh; Patrimonio regionale Emilia Romagna.
Artwork in public spaces: W (STEP STOP Pierre Jeanneret Museum Chandigarh), Piazza della Costituzione, Bologna.
Among the grants: Cantica21. Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere MAECI – MiBACT; Grants for young researchers and Visual Artists Fondation Le Corbusier Paris.
Among the books: Le Corbusier. Viaggi, oggetti e collezioni published by Corraini; I’m Back published by Postmedia Books; Broken English/My house is a Le Corbusier published by NERO.
Among the residences: Lacasapark Art Residency New York; Iris Project residency Venice CA; Art-Omi Ghent New York; Villa Jeanneret-Perret CH; Casa Atelier di Museion Bolzano IT; Unitè d’Habitation Berlin Germany; Casa Victoria Ocampo Buenos Aires; Pierre Jeanneret Museum Chandigarh India; Casa Wabi Puerto Escondido Mexico; Unitè d’Habitation Marseille France; Studio-Apartment by Le Corbusier Paris France; Padiglione Esprit Nouveau Bologna Italy; Festival Santarcangelo di Romagna Santarcangelo Italy; Civitella Ranieri Umbertide Italy; Dolomiti Contemporanee Sass Muss Italy.